Throughout history, every form of communication has developed its own shorthand. Northern Renaissance paintings were rich in symbolism; even the most mundane detail, like a vase, was a rich allegory.

Line did not disclose who the market’s best performers are, but it did say that the makers of the top ten selling individual sticker sets earned an average of JPY 50.5 million (about $421,000). Many ...

Kanahei was 17 years old when she started drawing tiny digital pictures that her high-school friends could text to one another. They only had feature phones back then, so the images had to be simple ...

Giphy, the GIF search engine, and LINE, the social networking messaging company behind all those wacky animations, have jointly launched a pack of 24 brand new stickers. In this collaboration, Giphy ...

Delight Works will be releasing a set of Fate/Grand Order LINE stickers on April 28, 2020. A total of forty stickers will be released, all of which are drawn by the artist MOGU. This sticker pack ...

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

Messaging app LINE has seen revenue grow explosively over the last year, providing a clue into how other mobile messaging apps, like Snapchat, might generate revenue. LINE's revenue was $157 million ...